It was the last big TV triall for the chancellor candidates before the federal election! But has Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet (60, CDU) managed to stop his competitor Olaf Scholz (63, SPD)?
In the BILD talk “The Right Questions”, a mixture of show business and journalism analyzed the last three-way competition! The majority answer: No!
For comedian Oliver Pocher (43), SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz (63) demonstrated the greatest sovereignty in this trial: “Olaf Scholz tended to say the least, but scored the most because he ironed out everything that came next. But: Of course, there weren’t really any new findings either. “
▶ ︎ The Pocher conclusion: “It wasn’t Armin Laschet’s evening.”
The entertainer jokingly notes: “But we also stop the time here, don’t we? It would be important to me not to talk too much, because otherwise it would take off from the time of the others. ”
Pocher was alluding to the somewhat irritating moment in which the moderator Claudia von Brauchitsch asked the Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock (40) to keep speaking a little shorter – even though she had the shortest speaking time.
Clear text from star columnist Hans-Ulrich Jörges: “It was the worst that Laschet delivered and it was the best that Scholz delivered. Scholz has never been so eloquent, has never talked so much, has never been so easy. “
His conclusion: Scholz “was the man on the pitch who dominated the game.” And further: “I wonder who did Laschet want to rule with? I am really convinced today that he will lose the election. “
An irritating moment: presenter Linda Zervakis confronts Armin Laschet with a Mickey Mouse bookletPhoto: PRO 7
Irritations and fact checks
The editor-in-chief of the Swiss “Weltwoche”, Roger Köppel, was irritated by the fact that Triell presenter Linda Zervakis brought an old Mickey Mouse booklet with her that was about climate protection: “If in a Chancellor’s Triell the Mickey Mouse as a reference point for Politics is taken, then we have reached the final stage. “
He said to the group: “You have to bring politics from Mickey Mouse to reality again!”
There was encouragement for the scolded Laschet BILD reporter Nena Schink: “I am tired that Armin Laschet is always put down like that. Instead of checking the speaking time, I would have liked to have had the facts checked. For me, Armin Laschet was the winner there. “
Hans-Ulrich Jörges believes that Laschet should have argued less against the minimum wage of 12 euros. Schink: “I think he made the stronger point with the collective agreements instead of just saying ‘we want 12 euros'”.
▶ ︎ Roger Köppel sums up: “None of these candidates really spoke for the economy.”
Then it was about the Green Chancellor candidate. Comedian Oliver Pocher: “Annalena Baerbock doesn’t even arouse national patriotism for me. Baerbock always tries to be human, but she won’t pick you up. It always seems so emotionless. “
The three top candidates: Olaf Scholz, Annalena Baerbock and Armin LaschetPhoto: Getty Images
Too high expectations?
Moderator Paul Ronzheimer therefore demands from the group: “We have to speak plainly now, who will it be?”
For Hans Ulrich Jörges no clear answer is possible: “I’m not sure how many people really make their judgment dependent on the trialles.”
▶ ︎ Approval from BILD presenter Patricia Platiel: We expect too much from these trialles! “Do we really expect a knockout blow? I think we can’t wait for that. “
Biggest entertainment?
Oliver Pocher can at least discover funny sides at the Triell: “If so, it was more or less involuntarily funny. Armin Laschet is always good for a laugh. He’s a nice guy in and of himself, but he’s also always a bit clumsy. “
▶ ︎ In addition, the comedian finds that EVERYONE involved spoke too little plain text. “You have to really go into these topics, for example the subject of Corona! Mask up, down, what am I allowed to do? “Pocher’s request:” Just make a clear statement! “
Roger Köppel: “Olaf Scholz is the Joe Biden of the SPD.” The publisher says that he has always defended Laschet, “but Laschet failed to show today that he really wanted to become Chancellor,” said Köppel.
In conclusion, Pocher criticized the fact that important issues such as migration were dealt with too quickly: “The fact is, we have talked too little about refugees. It’s not about being deported, ”says Pocher. But it is an obvious topic on which even the moderators don’t dare to say much.
Pocher’s conclusion: “Sat.1 just wanted to show that they can do politics.”